An application having been duly made pursuant to and in full
compliance with the provisions of Title I of the National Indust~rial
Recovery Act., approved June 16, 1933, for approval of an amend-
mnent t~o the Clode of Fair Comnpet~ition f~or the Retail Lumber, Lum-
ber Producrts, Buld~ringr Materials and Building Specialties Trade,
and the annexedl rpo~rt. on said Amendme~nt. containing findings with'
respect thereto having been made anld directed to the President.:
NOW, THEREFORE, on behalf of the President of the United
States, I, Hugh S. Johnson, Administrator for Industrial Recovery,
pursuant to authority~ vested in me by Executfiv.e Orders of the Presi-
dent, including Exetcut~ive Order 654~3-A, dated December 30, 1933,
and otherwise, do hereby incorporate by preference, said annexed re-
por~t and do find that said amendment and the Code as constituted
after being amended complyv in all respects wCith the pertinent provi-
sions and wFill promote the policy and purposes of said Title of said
Act, and do hereby or~de that said~ amendment be! and it is hereby
approved, and that the previous approval of said Code is hereby
modified to include an approval of said Code in its entirety as
amended, such approval and such amendment to take effect fifteen
(15) days fromt the date hereof, unless good cause to the contrary is
shown to thie Adlministrator before that time and the AdministraLtor
issues a subsequent order to that effect.
HUozz S. JoHNson,
Alsdmn.tistatorl for Industrial Recovery.
Approval recommended :
ROBERT L. HousTON,
Divis~ionr A dmnnistrator.
WAsumKOToN, D.C.,
Septemiber 11, 1934.
85402"---1181-38---34 (11~

REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT

The PREsIDENT,
The Wh'ite Houlset.
Smn: An appllicaition has been duly mande pursuant to and in full
comnpliance w~ith the provisions of the National Industrial Recovery
AQct for an amendment to the Code of Fair Competition for thie
Retail Lumber, Lumberr Prod~ucts, Buildinig Materials and Building
Specialties Trande,, submitted byr the Retail Lumbher andl Building
Material ~code Authlority.
T'he pm-~pose and effect of the amlendment are to authorize the Clode
Aulthority andl any Ilivisioni or' subdrivision agencies of t~he Code
Authority ty to, incorporalc~te under the laws of any~ State or terr1itory

FINIDIN(GS

Ther Dep~uty Adminill.trator inl his final report to me on said amend-
mlenlt to sa~lid Codr~e hav\ingcr founld as herein set fourth and on the basis
of all theP Ir~p~rocdn~g in thliy matter;
I find that:
cn) Thec amendmnent to said Code andl thle Codle as amnendedt are
~eil l designed to p~romnote the policies and purposes of Title I of the
NTational Ind~usjtrial Recovery Alct including thle r~emiovnl of ob~strue-
tions to thet free flowv of inlterstate andl foreign conunlerce which tend
to diminiiish thle amount terr1e~of, andl will provide for the general
welfare by promotloing the organization of industry for the purpose
of cooperative action of ilabo~r andl management under adequate gov-
ernmentall sancltion andi superv-ision, by chmiinatmng unfair compet-
itive piractices, ify promoting thle fullest p~ossib~le utilization of the
present pr~oduct~ive capacity ty of the industries, by avoidingr undue
restr~ictionll of production exceptt usi may be templorar1ily required),
by increasing the consumption of industrial andl agricultural products
through increasing purchasing power, by reducing and relieving un-
emuploymnent, b~y impllroving standards of laborj, and by otherwise
r~ehabilit~ating inldustry.
(b)j Th'e C~odet as ame~ndedc. complies in all respects wvithl the perti-
nent Dpovisio~ns o~f salid Title of said Act! includiingr without limite.-
tion Sjubsection (a') of Section 3, Subsection (a) of Section 7 and
Subsection (b,) of Section 10 thereof.
((I) The am~endmlent and the Code as amended are n~ot designed, to
andl will not p~ermlit monopolies or monopolistic practices.
(d) The amiendmue nt a~nd the C~ode as amnendedl are not designed
to and w~ill not eliminate or oppress small enterprises andl will not
operate to discriminate against them.
For these reasons, I have approved this Amnendmnent.
Respectfully11,
HUGH S. Jo#Nson,
A dmnazist rato r.
SEP'TEMBDER 11, 103-1.

Amlenl ArIt~iicle VII by~ addiingr a newT section as follows:
10). The Code Aulthorityr and~ any division or subdivision agencies
of t.he Code: Authlority' mayn, upon01 submlission1 to and apprlovanl by
the Administrantor of its proposed Articles or Cer~tificate of Incor-
poration andt By-Law-s, incorpiorate under the Lawvs of any State
or Te~rritory of thle United~ Stat~es or of the District of Columbia
such cor~porantion to be~ k~now~n, in the case of the Code A~uthority,
as '' Retail Lumnber and Buildlinr M~aterial Code Authority, Incor-
por~atedl ". The powFers~, d~uties, objects anld pur~poses of said corpora-
tion shall be. limiitedl in all respectsj to the poweris, duties, objects and
pur'~OpoSs o,'f th Cod-e Aulth~oritt y as pr~ov-ided in. this Code, and the
existence of thle cor~poration shanll b~e during th~e term. of this Code.
No amendmntl~cl of either the Ar1ticles or C~ertificate of I~ncorporation
or By-Laws ojf such~ ctl!orportion shall be mnade! without thne prior
appr~oval of thle Adinistrartor. If, at any) time, the A~dminiis;tratlor
shall dletermline t.hnt th~e corp~orante staltus assumed by the Code Au-
thlority or any division or subdivisio~n agency is interfering w\~ith~ the
proper exercise of its powerls and~ duties under this Code! or is not,
effectuating the policies or p~urposes olf thle A~ct, he may, after sucht
notice andi heal~nrm as heP may3 deem necessary, require appropriate
mlodifientio ns of th~e structure of the cor~pora~tion (if consistent with
the law of thec state of incorporatlion), t~he substitution of a cor~porn-
tion ev~entedl under the lawrs of anothler tate in the samle manner as
the existing Code Authlority, thle substitution of a non-corporate
Code. Auth~or~ity tr~ly1 r~epresentative of the Tr~ale. or such other
actions as he may~ dleem expedient.
Apporoved] Code~ No,. 33-Am~endment No. 3.
Registry~ No. 313-041.
(3)